Who says politicians arent an innovative bunch? Just take a look at the federal budget, and one discovers considerable innovation in dreaming up ways to take and spend other peoples money.
Among the many destructive tax measures imagined and imposed by government officials over the decades well, actually, over the centuries the death tax (or estate tax) stands out as a particularly egregious levy.
After paying assorted and substantial taxes and fees to various levels of government over a lifetime, the tax man shows up at death to claim a percentage of the deceaseds assets….

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